Today I’m showing you a nail polish that I immediately wore upon receiving it in my mail box. The day was right, it was sunny, I couldn’t wait any longer!

I’m talking about Born Pretty holo H001 Shine In The Dark*, that is one of the newest holographic polishes by Bornprettystore, in the new 10ml size. I must say I picked this nail polish thinking it was brown but it’s a gunmetal grey instead. It comes in a cute packaging, a silver cardboard paper box with snowflakes print and a see through holo that lets you see the colours inside.

Application is really easy and you don’t need a special base coat. It’s quite opaque and coverage is perfect in two coats. The holographic effect is amazing, it kinda reminded me of Color Club Halo Hues, that says it all.

I personally used no top coat here because I didn’t want to weaken the holo flame.

Photos speak for themselves. What can I add. Price. It’s very, very expensive. At the moment it’s on sale for 9,99$ which is a lot. I mean, it’s worth it but with the same money you can buy some indies that are way more unique. Only pro about Bornpretty is that you have no shipping fee to add on top of the polish price. That’s it, finished.

In the pic above you can see the look before adding matte top coat. It was already pretty, wasn’t it?

I must say I wasn’t too crazy about BP106 stamping plate at first. For some reason I couldn’t really picture the patterns on the nails. Now after using it I am totally sold. It works perfectly and the designs look super!

The pink/Peachblow stamping polish is an old time love by now. I just purchased more colours on Black Friday!

That’s it for today. Do you like this look? Better matte or glossy? And did you splurge on Black Friday?

Short post tonight, I’m taking my boyfriend out for a fish based dinner. Yup, I’m taking him out. He doesn’t know yet but I am sure he’ll love it.

Anyway, here’s Orly High on Hope, which was released in 2013 with the Hope and Freedom Spring collection. It’s quite an unusual shade for a Spring collection I would say! It’s a dark blue base filled with pink small flecks. Good thing that the pink shimmer also translates to the nails and doesn’t stay in the bottle, which is the case sometimes. Application is incredibly easy, removal a bit less because of those flecks.

Problem is the patterns on this plate are really large and on my nails you can’t really see it’s snowflakes. You can see some laces and some non-identified design. I was so sad about it because this stamping plate is really pretty and works wonderfully. I can’t understand how to use it at its best so that it does show that it’s snowflakes.

Because I was so unhappy with my mani I top coated it with China Glaze Golden Enchantment. At least there’s holo!

Today I’m showing you a very special polish: L’Oreal Mysterious Icon. I bought it because it reminded me of Illamasqua Facet, that I can’t really afford but I really liked.

Name is perfect for it: very mysterious. Depending on the light conditions it’s rose gold, taupe or brown. And that gold shimmer is amazing! The brush is my favourite type, flat and round, which makes application super easy. Shame that this nail polish line lasts less than a day on my nails.

Pictured are two coats without top coat in different light conditions.

Astra myLaque n. 38 Precious Green is a beautiful forest green. Its finish is somewhere between a foil and a metallic I would say. First coat is not enough for full coverage, but it gets perfect at second one. There are some brushstrokes left behind, not too visible but still there. Drying time is quite slow so you’d better use a fast drying top coat. Colour is super bright and it comes perfect during gloomy days.

Removal is a pain here, you get silver glitter everywhere. I didn’t expect it. You gotta be careful and try not dragging your cotton ball (or whatever you are using) outside the nail itself.

What can I say? It’s such a perfect Christmas green, I really like it. Plus it’s 5-free for only 1,90€ (2.00 USD). Who else is selling 5 free nail polish for less than 2 bucks? Thank you Astra for that!

If you’d like to take a look at other colours or know more about Italian makeup brand Astra you can check their website.

What do you think of this shade? Do you like it?

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Today I am showing you one of my latest drugstore purchases. It’s a Shaka nail polish in a colour which is perfect for the cold seasons. I think it’s a new shade by this Italian brand because I had never seen it before.

Shaka Candy Plum is a maroon despite its name. It applies smooth and it’s very opaque and pigmented. It doesn’t dry extremely glossy so a top coat is definitely needed. Bonus point it doesn’t stain the nails if you use a base coat.

Quick post today, as usual on Friday. I’ll show you a nail polish that was a bonus gift when buying a magazine some time ago.

Debby Leo is no. 12 in the Magnetic collection by this Italian brand. It’s a lovely antique pink, having a dark base and lighter stripes when using the magnet that comes with it. Application is easy and the stripes are quite visible. I first applied a coat, let it dry and then applied a second coat and used the magnet on that one, one nail at a time.

I must say I have never quite liked magnetic nail polish for a long time but lately they are growing on me. I think I could blame it to only have Kiko magnetics which are quite bad.

Two coats + magnet + top coat in my photos.

Cosa ne pensate degli smalti magnetici? Ne avete qualcuno?

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How do you like magnetic nail polish? Do you own any?

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Hi everyone!
Today’s post is a super quick swatch of a polish that didn’t impress me.
This summer I stumbled upon this new Wet’n’Wild nail polish line called 1 Step Wonder Gel, those nail polishes claim to work like gel polish but don’t need to be cured under a UV lamp. Nowadays every brand is basically releasing something following this concept, uh? And I am always curious about it.
I picked the shade Pretty Peas, which despite the name is nowhere near a pea green. It’s more of a mint green leaning blue. It’s quite sheer so you need three thin coats or two thick ones. Formula is quite watery thus easy to apply. However it’s hard to even the colour and you get some awful streaks or bald spots.
Two coats without top coat.

Wet'n'Wild Pretty Peas lasted a couple days without chipping and using a top coat from another brand. Anyway I had to cover it with a nail art because those streaks really annoyed me.
Have you ever used any colour from Wet’n’Wild 1 Step Wonder Gel collection? And how did you like it?

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Today I'm gonna share yet another H&M nail polish. Besides Instagrammers raving about H&M Space Race I also kept reading how good the new H&M cremes are. I waited for a sale to get a few and here's my first time with one of them.

H&M October Russet is a perfect pumpkin orange, almost a brick orange I would say, a great Fall shade. Quality didn't disappont me. Application is extremely easy, the colour is dense and bright and I love the brush, flat and round on top.